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Steam is obviously the biggest and one most of us use the most.
Behind that is, EA Origin. Gets some hate, but its not that bad.

Then, to a lesser degree, Uplay for Ubisoft games. This one will be required for any Ubisoft game regardless if you buy it on Steam or directly from Ubi. Its always there. Sad, but it also not that troublesome once running. Personally I just disable the In game stuff and set it Offline.

These 3 are the ones you'll run into with nearly every PC game, which is why I say they are the 3 main ones.

there's Green Man Gaming, Amazon does digital downloads now, so does Game (the shop), the point I suppose I'm making is that as long as companies jump on the bandwagon for Digital Downloads, the platforms are endless.

Windows 7,and 8.1 support on Skylake platformsM/S has rejiggered their ongoing support policy for Win7, and 8.1 on the Skylake platform.
The company originally announced that all Win7, and 8.1 support for both Skylake, and Kabylake would cease.
Then they bowed to the pressure of the big dollar buyers, and announced on their website,...

General Discussion

USB registry difference across windows platformsAre there differences in the registry configurations for internal USB hubs for different versions of windows 7? I am trying to use an adapter that uses RS232 communication and I have put an USB-RS232 adapter between the two. This should allow me to connect to the device and talk to it in a terminal...

Hardware & Devices

Online game platforms...Been trying out some online game platforms like Steam and Gametap but have been having some issues...
Steam just stopped working... can no long d/l, delete or play games, and Gametap is letting me install games but no longer lets me launch them... all my drivers are upto date and have tried all...